Return to Yourself

About the series

1. 01

   Compassion for Mom

   July 12

   Your relationship with your mother shaped the standard you hold yourself to. It shows up in how you speak to yourself when you fall short, how patient you are with your own imperfection, and how naturally you extend grace to others while rarely pausing to extend it to yourself. By shifting how you see that relationship, you soften that inner standard, creating more self-acceptance and more ease in daily life.

   Why this opens the series. The inner critic is the root system. How you lead, how you parent, and how you make decisions all grow from the same ground. Tending to it first changes the quality of everything that follows.
2. 02

   Kindness for Self

   July 19

   Research shows that 80 percent of our daily thoughts trend negative. For high-performing people, that inner voice runs in the background of every meeting, every decision, every moment of rest that still feels like it should be productive. This session interrupts that loop by rewiring how you respond to yourself in real time, so you can move through your days with more clarity and less internal resistance.

   Why this follows Session 1. Week one softens the judgment you inherited. This session turns inward and addresses the version you carry with you everywhere. By this point in the arc, you have enough self-awareness to use the practice immediately and feel the difference.
3. 03

   Empathy for Dad

   July 26

   Your father shaped how you relate to the outside world: to authority, to ambition, to the definition of success you have been running toward. If there were high expectations, you may have internalized a pace that feels impossible to step off. If there was distance, you may be seeking approval in places that will never provide it. This session brings empathy to that dynamic, so you can show up in your work, your finances, and your relationships with more ease and less weight.

   Why this is the midpoint. The first two sessions clear your internal foundation. This one addresses the external scaffolding: how you perform, how you measure yourself, and what you are still working to prove. Reaching this session without the first two means arriving without the ground to stand on.
4. 04

   Relationship Patterns

   August 2

   The dynamics you grew up with did not stay in childhood. They came with you into your marriage, your friendships, your professional relationships, and how you show up for your children. The caretaker, the peacekeeper, the hero: these patterns became identities over time. This session makes them visible so you can begin to choose which ones to keep and which ones to set down.

   Why this session comes fourth. By this point, you have released the inherited judgments, quieted the inner critic, and examined where your drive comes from. You now have the clarity to see your relational patterns as patterns, which means you can choose what to do with them rather than simply live inside them.
5. 05

   Meeting Your Inner Child

   August 9

   Beneath the title, the family, the schedule, and the years of becoming someone is the person you were before anyone told you who to be. That person carries what is genuinely yours: the instincts, the interests, the sense of aliveness that gradually got covered over by decades of responsibility. This session is the return to that foundation, where you meet what is actually yours and remember what it felt like before the roles defined the rhythm.

   Why this session comes fifth. You have spent four sessions releasing what was never really yours. This is where you meet what is. It creates the emotional foundation that makes the final session not just reflective, but directional.
6. 06

   Claiming What's Ahead

   August 16

   This is where the previous five sessions land. Whether you are in the middle of a transition, standing at the edge of one, or simply sensing that a shift is overdue, this session gives that feeling space to be explored. What matters to you now, at this stage, with this much behind you? What do you want to move toward with intention and direction? You will leave with a clear, honest answer you can carry back into your life.

   Why this closes the series. The clarity available in Session 6 is not available in Session 1. It is the natural destination of the arc, earned through the preceding five weeks, and the reason the series is designed to be experienced whole.

Pre-registration holds your spot and puts the dates on your calendar. No payment is collected here. Billing runs through the Quogue Field Club.

COME PREPARED

Before you arrive

• Bring a yoga mat, pillow, journal, and pen.
• Bring something to cover your eyes (an eye mask or scarf).
• Have a sweater and blanket handy if you get cold.
• Avoid eating for one hour prior to the session.

HypnoBreathwork® is not advised if you have a history of cardiovascular disease, mental illness, aneurysms, seizure disorders, are using major medications, or are pregnant. Prior to joining, please consult and get approval from your primary care physician.